St. Helena Mines

St. Helena Mines is a mine in , , and has an elevation of 1,345 metres.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Welkom-Gimnasium.

School
is an academic secondary school in . Founded in 1953 as an Afrikaans school, the school has been a dual-medium school offering classes in English since 1996. is situated 3 km northeast of St. Helena Mines.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Welkom and Thabong.

Photo: Caracal Rooikat, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the second-largest city in the province. is known as "Circle City", "City within a Garden", "Mvela" and "Matjhabeng". The city's Sotho name, Matjhabeng, means 'where nations meet', derived from the migrant labour system, where people of various countries such as Lesotho, Malawi and Mozambique met to work in the mines of the gold fields.

Suburb
Photo: Matabane6, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is the second largest township after in the province of . The township was established during the years of segregation of black people as well as the township of Bronville for coloured people adjacent to the city of , to accommodate workers at the world's richest gold mines. is situated 9 km east of St. Helena Mines.

St. Helena Mines

Latitude
-27.9919° or 27° 59′ 31″ south
Longitude
26.7075° or 26° 42′ 27″ east
Elevation
1,345 metres (4,413 feet)
Open location code
5G482P55+62
Geo­Names ID
11280603
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